Apparel-corset.



D. KOPS.

APPAREL CORSET.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 14. I915.

Patented Aug. 31, 1915.

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D. KOPS.

APPAREL CORSET.

APPLlCATlON man MAY 14. 1915.

Patented Aug. 31, 1915.

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DANIEL KOlES, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

APPAREL-CORSET.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DANIEL Kore, a citizen of the United States, residing at the borough of Manhattan, in the city, county, and State of New York, have invented an Improvement in Apparel-Corsets, of which the following is a specification.

My present invention relates to an apparel corset, and to a garment which is particularly designed to give the proper support to the lower portions of the abdomen of the wearer, and for this purpose I employ, together with each corset body half, an uplifting device, preferably comprising a tension strap of elastic or other material so placed in a garment and adjustable to position therein as to perform the functions required of it.

I am aware that heretofore abdominal tension straps have been employed in various manners in the construction of apparel corsets, for example, in Letters Patent No. 975771, granted to me November 15, 1910, there is shown and described an apparel corset, in which in each body half thereof there is a tension strap permanently fixed at its opposite ends in the lower front portion on the exterior of the garment. This strap, however, is not adjustable, and exerts a pressure in but one direction. Tension straps have also been employed on the inner surface of apparel corsets, and in the lower front portions of each corset body half, as indicated in Letters Patent No. 1,020,764, granted to me March 19, 1912. In this struc-, ture also the tension strap is permanently secured at its opposite edges in the lower portion of the garment and extends across the divided lower front portion of the skirt employed with each corset body half. This strap also exerts a tension in but one direction, and in and of itself is not adjustable to position in the garment. Straps secured at one end and adjustably attached to the gar: ment at the other end have also been employed for varying the pressure or tension exerted by the strap, and placed between the lower front portion of the corset garment and an overlying front self-reducing'strap, as for example as indicated in Patent No. 9%,232, granted to me January 11, 1910. When fixed in position, the tension or pres sure exerted by this strap is also in but one direction, and furthermore the strap itself is not adapted to assume different positions in adjusting it to place in the garment, but

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 14, 1915. Serial No. 27,965.

is fixed in place relatively to the body of the garment. cured at one end and adapted to be connected indifferent positions to the lower front portions of the corset steels have also been employed in connection with a depending skirt, extending from the rear of the corset to the front medial line thereof with the front portion of the skirt free from and overlying the lower end of the .front steels and adjacent portions of the corset body, as shown and described in Letters Patent No. 1,082,273, granted to me December 23, 1913. The adjustment and pressure exerted by the tension straps in this case, however, are similar in all respects to those in the patent hereinbefore last referred to, that is to say, the tension exerted is only in the general line of direction of the straps. Tension devices for supporting the abdomen of the wearer have also been so associated with apparel corsets as to extend from the lower front portionthereof overthe hip sections of the corset and attached to the back portions thereof, such tension devices being shown and described in Letters Patent No. 1,006,888, granted October 2-1, 1911, to Weber-McCormick. These tension devices are shown as lying entirely within the inner side of each corset body half, in which case they are not adjustable to position except by being laced together along the lower front edges, whereas in other instances the rear portion of each strap passes through a slot provided therefor in the body of the garment and is secured thereto exteriorly in the back portion of each corset body half, each tension strap being adapted to be lengthened or shortened exteriorly of the garment. In this structure, however, it is to be noted that the pull of the strap is such as to extend entirely around the body of the wearer, or substantially so, and in either construction of this device the back portion of the corset is interfered with and consequently is not free to properly fit the body and furthermore the tendency of this device is to cause the lower portions of the corset body to work up or ride up over the hips of the wearer, which tends to counteract, if not entirely to destroy the supporting effect of the lower front portions of the straps.

By reference to Patent No. 1,127 ,024, granted to me February 2, 1915, it will also be seen that apparel corsets have been constructed with tension straps in each corset Series of tension straps se-' body half, the same extending from the lower front portion ofthe corset steel and between the lower front portion of the cor set body and an overlying skirt, and adjustable to position by being connected at its free edge through suitable lacing to an auxiliary tension strap also placed between the lower portion of the corset body and the overlying skirt so as to conceal the free or adjustable end of the tension strap, the said laces being passed through eyelets provided therefor in the skirt so that the adjustment of the parts may be effected exteriorly of the garment after the same has been placed on the body of the wearer. In the use of this garment, however, it has been found that the lower front portion'of each corset body half may be dispensed with, and in order to prevent the adjustable end of the tension strap and the means for adjusting the same to position from exerting an undue pressure against the hip-bone of the wearer, these parts may be suitably protected by a pad or other device, whereas, in order to reinforce the tension strap as to maintain the end thereof in position, adjacent its attachment to the corset body, the same may be provided with suitable bones or stifi'eners in lieu of the lower front portion of each corset body half, as illustrated in this patent.

In carrying out my invention, I have illustrated various forms of uplifting devices or 1 tension straps associated in various manners with an apparel corset, in all of which however, as hereinafter described, the tension strap is adjustable to position in the garment, preferably from the exterior thereof,

5 5 to exert the pressure in both an inward and upward direction against the abdomen of the wearer to properly support the lower portion thereof. 1

In the drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation of an apparel corset in which one form of iny present invention iscembodied. Fig. 2 is an enlarged elevation of the inner surface of the corset, illustrating the form-of invention shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a front-edge view of the same. Fig. 4 is an elevation of a portion of the lower inner surface of an apparel corset, illustrating a modified form of theinvention, and Figs. 5 and-6 are views similar to Fig. 4, illustrating other forms of the invention.

Referring to the drawing, and particularly to Figs. 1, 2 and 3, it will be seen that in carrying out my invention, the apparel corset comprises the corset body halves 1O and 11, which as is usual on the front edges edge thereof to the rear medial line.

The front portions of these skirts as illustrated in these figures, are continuations of the front portions of the corset body halves and adjacent the steel sections are suitably attached to the lower front portions of the corset body halves at points an appreciable distance above the lower ends of the steels, as clearly indicated in Fig. 3, in which 17 represents the lower end of the corset steel. On the inner side of this garment, I employ a tension strap 18. At one end this tension strap'is secured to the lower front portion of the corset body half adjacent the lower end of the front steel along the line of sewing indicated at 19, and extends toward the hip section of the corset body half, terminating at the opposite end at 20, in which there is provided a series of eyelets 21. It is to be noted that in this garment, the lower portion of the corset body proper, as employed in the garment shown and described in Letters Patent No. 1,127,024, is omitted, and in order to provide a suitable reinforcement for the tension strap in lieu of this portion of the corset body proper, I prefer in this form of my invention, to employ a series of bones or stifi'eners 22,.placed in and extending longitudinally of the tension strap from a point adjacent its line of attachment, as indicated at 19, and reaching an appreciable distance toward the opposite end 20 of the strap. I also employ an auxiliary strap 23, which along one edge is secured in the line of sewing 23 in the corset body half adjacent the hip section thereof. The opposite or otherwise free end of this auxiliary strap is provided with a series of eyelets 24, corresponding in munber with the eyelets 21 in the end 20 of the strap 18. 1

Suitably threaded through the eyelets in the respective ends of the tension strap and auxiliary strap, I employ a lace 25. This is also passed through'eyelets 26 provided in the corset body, or the depending skirt, preferably immediately below the auxiliary strap 23, in order that the ends of this lace may be drawn up, thus bringing together the otherwise separated adjacent ends of the tension strap and auxiliary strap to adjust the former to position, when, as will be understood, these laces may be tied in order to maintain the parts in place, the knot in whiczh the laces are thus tied being indicated at 2 In the construction of this garment as described, the tension strap 18 is so placed as to normally assume a position which is 1 shown approximately by dotted lines in Fig. 2. In this it is to be noted that the end 20 thereof is appreciably below the adjacent end or edge of the auxiliary strap 23', so that in drawing up the lace, the'tension strap 18 is not only drawn toward the auxiliary strap, but the end 20 isdrawn upward toward the tension strap and the adjacent portions of the corset body half, so thata tension is exerted on the strap 18 in a direction both circumferentially and upwardly of the garment, resulting in producing a pres sure both inwardly and upwardly against the body of the wearer so that the tension strap with a lace or other means for adjust ing the same in position in the garment are means comprising the uplifting devices, to which reference has hereinbefore been made.

Referring to Fig. 4, it will be seen that in obviating the difliculties arising in cases where the ends of the tension strap and auxiliary strap lie over and produce an undesirable pressure on the hip portion of the wearer, I may employ a pad member 28 made of suitable material and preferably secured to the inner surface of the garment along one edge indicated at 29 and along predetermined portions of its opposite edge, as indicated by the lines 30 and 31. As shown in this figure, the eyeleted end of the tension strap passes into a space between the pad member and the overlying portion of the corset body, so that this end together with the auxiliary strap and the lace, lie entirely within this space. I It will also be'observed that in this construction, the tension strap may be so placed in the garment as to normally lie in line with the auxiliary strap, although as will be understood, it may be placed out of line therewith, as hereinbefore described in connection with the construction shown in Fig. 2. It is also to be noted that in this construction shown in Fig. 4, the lower end of the corset steel may be flat or in line with the other portions thereof and the front portion 33 of the depending skirt may form a direct line continuation of the corset steel.

In the structure shown in F ig- 5, the lower end of the corset steel is curved as described in connection with the structure shown in Fig. 4, and the lower front portion of the skirt 35 is attached to the corset body at an appreciable distance from the lower end of the steel in the same manner as in the form of garment shown in Fig. 2, and in this form of garment, an auxiliary strap 36, similar to those hereinbefore described, is attached to the corset body half, adjacent the hip section thereof. In this construction however, I also employ a second auxiliary strap 37 secured along one edge to the lower front portion of the inner surface of the corset body half adjacent the front steel and the tension strap proper indicated at 38 lies between the ends of the auxiliary straps 36 and 37 and is connected thereto by laces indicated at 39 and 42 respectively, the lace 39 being threaded through eyelets 40 provided therefor in the auxiliary strap 36 and eyelets 41 in the adjacent end of the tension strap 38, while the lace 42 is threaded through eyelets 43 provided therefor in the opposite end of the tension strap and also through eyelets 44 in the adjacent end of the second auxiliary strap 37. In this construction, the auxiliary straps are so placed and the tension strap is so formed that in drawing up the laces, the same uplifting effect is produced in the same manner as that hereinbefore described in connection with the form of corset shown in Fig. 2. By referenceto Fig. 6, it will also beseen that these improved uplifting devices may be employed with a corset having the well-known front self-reducing flaps, such for example, as are shown and described in Letters Patent No.

In Fig. 6, the tension strap is indicated at 45 and differing from the other forms of the invention described, this tension strap is secured along the line 46 to the inner surface of the corset body portion adjacent the hip section'thereof and extends forward toward the front steel. 47 indicates the auxiliary strap, which in this instance is secured to the inner surface of the corset body half along one edge adjacent the lower front steel. The other free end of the tension strap 45 is provided with eyelets 49 and the auxiliary strap 47 with eyelets 50, through which a lace 48 is threaded and may be drawn up and tied so as to produce the uplifting effect hereinbefore described in connecti'on with the other forms of the invention. 'It is to be noted however that in this instance, the tension strap is so placed in the garment as to lie normally above the auxiliary strap instead of below the same, i

and consequently in adjusting the parts to position, the tension strap or the forward edge thereof will be drawn downwardly toward the auxiliary instead of upwardly, as is the case in the other forms of the invention. In this form of corset also, as hereinbefore stated, the garment is provided with overlying self-reducing straps 51 secured at distant edges to the corset body and extending to the front steels thereof, to which at its free end, each self-reducing strap may be connected by a suitable stud 52 being passed into any one of the series of eyelets placed in line for this purpose at the free end of the strap, so that the tension strap 45 and the lace and auxiliary strap for adjusting it to position, lie between the self-reducing strap and the adjacent overlying portion of the corset body or the same and its depending skirt.

In the form indicated in Fig. 6, the lower end of the front steel may be flat and the depending skirt a direct line continuation thereof, the same asshown and described in connection with Fig. 4. It will also be apparent that other and similar forms of the tension strap with means for adjusting the &

same toposition to producethe desired result, may be employed without departing from the nature and spirit of my invention.

I claim as my invention:

1. In an apparel corset and in each corset body half thereof, a tension strap secured to the lower inner surface of the corsetbody half adjacent the lowerend of the front steel extending rearwardly and secured to the corset body half adjacent the hip section thereof, said tension strap comprising a plurality of parts adjustably secured to each other throughout their entire width and completely exposedto View on the inner surface of the garment from the lower front attachment adjacent the steel to substantially the said attachment at the hip section'of the garment.

2. In an apparel corset and in each corset body half thereof, a tension strap secured to the lower inner surface of the corset body half adjacent the lower end of the front steel and extending rearwardly with its inner end free from its upper to its lower edge, an auxiliary strap connected to the inner surface of the corset body half adj acent the hip section with its forward end freefrom its upper to its lower edge, and means for adjustably connecting the said tension-strap and auxiliary strap through out the entire said free edges thereof, said straps being concealed from the outer sur- .face ofthe garment but completely exposed to View on the inner surface of the garment from the attachment adjacent the front steel to substantially the point of rear attachment at the hip section of the garment.

3. In an apparel corset and in each corset body half thereof, a tension strap secured to the lower inner surface of the corset body half adjacent the lower end of the front steel and extending rearwardly with its inner end free from its upper to its lower edge, an auxiliary strap connected to the inner surface ofthe corset body half adj acent the hip section with its forward end free from its upper to its lower edge, a series of lacing eyelets in the inner free end of the said tension strap, a series of lacing eyelets in the outer free end of the auxiliary strap, and a lace passing through the said eyelets for adjustably connecting the said tension strap and auxiliary tension strap ,throughout the entiresaid free edges thereof, the said straps being concealed from the outer surface of the garment but completely exposed to View on the inner surface of the garment from their attachment adjacent the front steel to substantially the point of their attachment at the rear adjacent the hip section of the garment.

Signed by me this 11th day of May, 1915.

DANIEL KOPS.

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